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jerlouvis |
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June 09, 2011 02:19:35pm |
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Caution like? |
This has been eating at me for years.Forumites over 50 like myself might remember a cartoon called Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse,the bassline from the theme song on the show has always sounded very similar to the one in Caution.I was wondering if I am mishearing something or is there any validity to my thinking.
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Couragous%20Cat%20and%20Minute%20Mouse.htmlThis post was modified by jerlouvis on 2011-06-09 21:19:35
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Sparky the Wonder Dog |
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June 09, 2011 02:32:14pm |
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well, the chord progression maybe but not the melody on top. Too bad Pigpen didn't do the theme song for the cartoon--then we'd be cooking with gas.
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unclejohn52 |
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June 09, 2011 02:57:14pm |
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Yeah, I remember this! You're right - sounds like a very simple progression, anyone who plays blues knows this as a simple variation based on E. (Truckin uses a similar line treated Garcia style.)
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jerlouvis |
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June 09, 2011 04:15:58pm |
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Thanks guys,not being very well versed in musical terminology I could not express my thoughts very clearly,but I did figure the lick Phil was playing was fairly common and not all that complicated.
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dark.starz |
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June 09, 2011 07:52:27pm |
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Yep, that bass line is the inspiration to the intro of Caution. Many a melody was snipped from television broadcasts after a long day of the "Stanley Cup", that's also code for the Owsley clear.
Tico Tico, Addams Family et al etc ....
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snow_and_rain |
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June 09, 2011 10:32:59pm |
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I stand corrected. Now editing initial misinformed post with additional relevant info:
The inspiration for Caution was explained in an interview by Bob Weir:
"We were driving around listening to the radio .... And the song Mystic Eyes by Them was on, and we were saying, 'Check this out! We can do this!' So we got to the club where we were playing and we warmed up on it. We lifted the riff from Mystic Eyes and extrapolated it into Caution, I think Pigpen just made up the words."
This post was modified by snow_and_rain on 2011-06-10 05:32:59
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wisconsindead |
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June 11, 2011 09:49:34am |
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that is interesting! And then so the NAME for this newly developed tune is explained by Phil in his book. Stating that they were smoking a doobie in between cars on a train and jerry almost slipped and fell off (Caution, do not step on tracks). Correct?
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